Letters to the Editor
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Reasoned article upsets the true believers
This great article immediately reminded me of one of the most useful pieces of writing I have ever encountered on the Net, Dr Lees-Haley's Propaganda Techniques Related to Enviromental Scares on Quackwatch.org. It was pubished in 1998 but it is more relevant than ever. The link is slash 01QuackeryRelatedTopics slash propa dot html, read an learn. While you are there peruse the sight if you dare, librul, but beware of the painful cognitive dissonance.
I'm sorry for posting the link this way, I don't seem to have a signature in which I can post links.
Aside from the article being enlightening and correct, the responses it has evoked are also quite enjoyable to read. Oh the self-righteous indignation of the first responder, Eric, who exhorted us: Gore offered solutions! Seems the debate is over then for Eric. Or Joe Bergeron, for whom rational thinking is right wing. Presumably then, irrational thinking is left wing - I will not argue with that. As an example, we can skip to page 30 of the letters where E Pluribus confirms my presumtion thusly:
"[the author is] over-intelectualizing a subject that should be addressed with a much greater sense of morality, duty, and compassion. If we can't be compassionate, if we can't behave morally toward all life, then what is there to celebrate?"
Perhaps another Salon author may write a treatise on the hopeless fatuity of this and similar statements, here my space is limited.